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I recently spent a week in the beautiful Dordogne region of France. Among the driving, relaxing and cheese eating I managed to get some riding in. There was a also a small bike dropping incident. Here’s a little look.

Some interesting bits and pieces this week. Pouring over the Icebike coverage, i saw the Ridley X-Nights. They look great, and phenomenal value for 2016. Essentially the little brother of the X-Night, the X-fire (with its slightly odd, do it all geometry) is no more. There are now two models of X-Night in instead. The SL retains all the fancy carbon and high end spec (the top model being a sram CX1 equipped model that is ridiculously overpriced). The standard […]

In an attempt to force myself into creating content for this some what stagnant blog, I thought I’d start a weekly feature that’s easy enough for me to do any time any where. Here it is, the Sunday mood board. Picture of cycling things that gave caught my interest over the preceding seven days.

I know it has nothing to do with cycling. But I don’t care. Listen to Raleigh Ritchie. Weird combination of Game of Thrones and R&B, what’s not to like? In other news YES YES YES Contador! That’s what i want to see, attacking! I was screaming at the TV! I watched the best GC rider of his generation showing genuine aggression and sticking it to GB’s favorite Kenyan.

The way he handled his bike, his attacking, the bloodshot eyes and his simple refusal to back down turned Tom Meeusen into one of my favorite riders this season. He took wins in the biggest races and beat the best riders in the world with his frantic, elbows out sprint. Meeusen’s 2014-15 season has to be a big one. He’s stepped up from the ‘new Nys’ tag of years past, its now time for a consistent winning year. Clearly the […]

Forget about the Brilliant Svenness videos! This is the only analysis you need of the World cross championships. Now you see why the low countries rule the cross world. The kids are filled with passion for the sport from the moment they can be propped in front of the TV to watch it.